“In a gallery environment where visitors are constantly being told, ‘don’t touch,’ this is an extraordinary opportunity to spend time completely alone with a work of art by a leading contemporary artist,” the blog noted.

The gold throne is located behind a nondescript bathroom door, and is surrounded by the usual accoutrements of a public toilet, including matching steel toilet paper cover and seat cover dispenser:

The only question now is: Do you actually use that paper cover or move past your mysophobia and let your cheeks feel the cold touch of gold?

The value of the work was not given, but Gothamist crunched the numbers and found that if the gold toilet weighed as much as a typical commode, it would be between 70 and 120 pounds ― or worth between $1,474,592 and $2,527,872, given the current value of gold.

To raise awareness for World Toilet Day 2014, <a href="http://www.panos.co.uk/stories/2-13-1727-2221/Various-Photographers/My-Toilet/" target="_blank">My Toilet</a> showcased photos taken by Panos Pictures of women and girls around the world posing with their toilets. Across the globe, 2.5 billion people don&rsquo;t have access to basic sanitation, a human rights issue that disproportionately affects women and girls.